Gases —An Open Access Journal

Gases (ISSN is an international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed open access journal on gas science and engineering published quarterly online by MDPI. Gases covers the ﬁeld of applied science and engineering advances in natural gas, greenhouse gas control, and gas sensors. Its aim is to publish state-of-the-art papers, including original research articles, reviews, technical notes, and communications. There is no restriction on the length of papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced.

production of fine particulate without producing unexpected adverse impacts, especially in countries like China, where coal use is an important source of electricity generation.
The journal will also provide a forum for discussing the development of natural gas-fired vehicles and its use in transportation. Such transportation applications will include the use of buses and fleet vehicles and personal transportation. Here, the focus will be in terms of pollutant emissions, in particular, fine particulate, NOx, and total hydrocarbon emissions.
This also includes the development of natural gas/hydrogen mixtures, which themselves can be used for both transportation and local energy production. The journal will also entertain papers dealing with natural gas addition to heavy-duty engines firing diesel or similar fuels. A special focus will be on the development of systems that are resilient and that could allow for the greater use of hydrogen.
A final area of interest is the use of natural gas in reforming, both conventional and enhanced gas reforming, to provide hydrogen for upgrading or general use. Again, the focus will be on the developments of technologies that are environmentally benign and do not add to the global carbon burden. The journal will welcome papers that deal with novel ideas and those that deal with approaches with a high degree of technical readiness, as well as refinements to existing systems.

Short Biography of Author
Gases 2020, 1, FOR PEER REVIEW 2 production of fine particulate without producing unexpected adverse impacts, especially in countries like China, where coal use is an important source of electricity generation. The journal will also provide a forum for discussing the development of natural gas-fired vehicles and its use in transportation. Such transportation applications will include the use of buses and fleet vehicles and personal transportation. Here, the focus will be in terms of pollutant emissions, in particular, fine particulate, NOx, and total hydrocarbon emissions.
This also includes the development of natural gas/hydrogen mixtures, which themselves can be used for both transportation and local energy production. The journal will also entertain papers dealing with natural gas addition to heavy-duty engines firing diesel or similar fuels. A special focus will be on the development of systems that are resilient and that could allow for the greater use of hydrogen.
A final area of interest is the use of natural gas in reforming, both conventional and enhanced gas reforming, to provide hydrogen for upgrading or general use. Again, the focus will be on the developments of technologies that are environmentally benign and do not add to the global carbon burden. The journal will welcome papers that deal with novel ideas and those that deal with approaches with a high degree of technical readiness, as well as refinements to existing systems.

Short Biography of Author
Dr. Edward "Ben" J. Anthony, editor in chief for Gases. Dr. Anthony is an adjunct professor at the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of Ottawa. Previously, he was a professor in Energy Process Systems at Cranfield University from 2013 to 2019, and prior to that, an adjunct professor at the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Ottawa from 2005 to 2013. Before that, he was a senior research scientist with Natural Resources Canada and led its Gasification and Fluidized Bed Combustion Group. Professor Anthony is the author of over 300 journal papers on various aspects of combustion and gasification, along with a similar number of conference papers and 15 book chapters, and he is the coeditor of the first book on pressurized fluidized beds and a new book on calcium and chemical looping. He is currently a guest professor at Southeast University in Nanjing, China, and he was a visiting professor at Imperial College, UK. He is also a fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Institute of Energy and is a chartered scientist and chartered engineer. Professor Anthony also serves on the editorial board of the journal Fuel and Fuel Processing Technology, and he serves on the advisory board of Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology and the Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.